Based in Fairfax County, Virginia, La Bonne Vivante has been auctioning antique and vintage Black Americana/African American/Negro photographs and ephemera, on eBay since 2004. We service authors, artists, collectors, educators, researchers. Our buyer feedback is one hundred per cent positive.

We believe that this is a good time to move our operations to a more targeted selling venue. Our website will always feature the very best of our African American Collectibles inventory.

As a writer, antiques and photography enthusiast, and history buff, La Bonne Vivante principal, Michèle-Louise has broad contextual and technical knowledge bases from which to work.

We DO NOT deal in reproductions!!! All of our vintage items are original. We guarantee the authenticity of our items.

Our scans are not modified or touched up. They are very detailed to enable a complete view of their condition. Often, marks visible in our scans are indiscernible to the naked eye. If you have concerns in this regard, please write or telephone us for clarification.

Our items ship in rigid envelopes, and arrive prepared for safe storage.

Items are individually packaged in museum quality, clear, acid free, archival bags. The bags come with sealable flaps to keep your treasure secure and clean, and they allow easy, safe removal and replacement of artwork. Each bag features a resalable adhesive flap allowing for repeated easy access while sealing out moisture, dust and dirt. For further protection, each photo package is rigidized with its own conservation grade,  acid- free mat

On our home page, click the "Auctions" navigation button. This will take you directly to the items we have listed for auction.

To bid, you must be a registered eBay member.
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We do offer for sale, digital images. Please e-mail or telephone us to discuss your specific requirements.

Intellectual property concerns all original content of La Bonne Vivante, including without limitation the visual page designs and layouts, authored content, item descriptions, graphics, and digital photographic images used to illustrate items for sale. In order to prevent the unauthorized exploitation of this intellectual property, we will protect our copyrights. You must not attempt to copy or make a derivative from any part of the intellectual property, including the web design or layout, nor may you publish any authored content without citations, publish or distribute digital images in any format, or exploit any other intellectual property. We may take action against any instance of copyright infringement. (Citation)

Any purchase paid for using Pay Pal will be shipped to the CONFIRMED address only. We DO combine shipping and insurance. Package tracking and confirmation are required. Minimum shipping fee is $5.50. Expedited shipping is available at additional cost.  Insurance is recommended and is  required for packages whose values exceed $50.00.  We accept no liability for uninsured purchases.

If you have special needs, write or call; we cannot always post every item in our enormous  inventory, but  can list items of interest by request.

No. We never sell, rent, or trade e-mail addresses.

We use state-of-the-art technology to encrypt your personal and financial information before it is sent. The ordering area of our site is protected this way and is referred to as "secure."

We accept PayPal, postal money orders and certified checks. We also accept most major credit cards. We regret that company/personal checks cannot be accepted.

Virginia residents pay sales tax of 5%.

We guarantee our items to be as pictured and described and accept returns only if misrepresented. Otherwise, all sales are final.

Telephone: 703-912-7729
Fax: 703-912-6660
Email: labonnevivante@verizon.net